Find the rate of travel for a fishing boat with a speed of 10 miles per hour (mph) moving downstream with a current of 5 mph.
A) 15 mph
B) 10 mph
C) 7.5 mph
D) 5 mph
E) -5 mph

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The rate of travel of a boat moving downstream is calculated by adding the speed of the boat to the speed of the current. 
Therefore, the rate of travel of the fishing boat would be:
10 mph (speed of boat) + 5 mph (speed of current) = 15 mph

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